Bolting-chest



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No. 326,175. Pagg? Sept. 15, 1885.

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UNiTnD STATES ArtNr amica.

REUBEN M. TRUE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BOLTING-CHEST.

JRE-.CIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 326,175, dated September 15, 1885.

Application tiled September 5, 1854. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, REUBEN M. TRUE, of the city of Cincinnati, in t-he county of Hamit ton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bolting'- Chests, of which the following is a specification.

In the bolting-chests as formerly used eX- tra gearing-posts, brackets, ties, Src., were employed separate and apart from the main body of the machine, and connected therewith to form supports for the driving-shaft. This has necessitated a great expenditure of time, labor, and moneyin the manufacture of the machine, and extra room to accommodate it and its appurtenances. My invention overcomes these defects, and saves time and labor in manufacture, is simple of construction, and makes the machine cheaper` and neater.

The several features of my invention Vand the various additional advantages resulting from their use, coujointly or otherwise, will be more fully apparent from the following specitication and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, making` a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my invention attached to a bolting-chest. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the journalbearing and a part of 3c the shaft, showing the latter passing through end bearing, the shaft and bearing being detached from the couveyer. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the heads which iuclose the gearing and support the journal-bearing for the shaft. Fig. 4 is a transverse central section of the housing, and showing thc gearing in elevation.

A indicates the upright shaft which drives the reels and conveyers of the chest, and power may be employedto operate it at any point, and it is journaled in any suitable manner-as, for example, box B in the floor-and extends the entire height of the bolting-chest.

I will now describe one set of shafts and gearing in connection with which my invention can be used.

A represents a short counter-shaft, which operates the compound gear A, suitably sup ported and jourualed atfin the head of the 5o conveyer.

yC represents the conveyers. Aframe-work, D D', supports the conveyers and reels. The conveyers C are provided with sides a a and bottom b, suitably secured together, which sides and bottom are extended beyond the frame-work D D of the machine, and are also provided with the ends or heads d d. On the outside of the head d, I fasten or attach by any preferable means the journal-box e, which supports the shaft, and thus dispense with the brackets, Src., which were formerly used to support the shaft. Similar means are employed on each conveyer, and as many conveyers may be employed as desired.

The extension ofthe sides and bottom of the conveyer, and the attachment of the head d, also provides a suitable housing for the gears, Src., and protects any one from being caught in the gears..

The various brackets and the like which have formerly been employed to support the shaft A and counter-shaft Al have been found unsatisfactory, and my improved mode of extending the conveyer has secured a solid substantial bearing for the shaft and countershaft.

The drivingshaftA carries at various points gear or pinion wheels, as E E, which mesh with geanwheels, as A2 A3, at the ends of the conveyers or reels. The compound gear- -wheel A2 meshes with the gears F F.

While the various features of my invention are preferably used together, one or more of said features may be used without the remainder, and one or more of said features may be used, so far as applicable, with conveyers of an internal construction other than that herein particularly described.

IVhat I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of the bolting chest frame, the conveyer-shaft, the driving-shaft, the counter-shaft, and the conveyer--box extending beyond the frame to form a support for the driving-shaft and counter-shaft, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the bolting-chest, the driving-shaft, the conveyer-shaft, the gearing, the conveyer-box extended beyond the bolting-chest, as described, and the heads roc d d', the whole forming a housing for the gears, and accompanying gearing supported by said and a support for the drvingshafb and counconveyer, gubstmltially as set forth. terAshafb substantially as and for the purposes Speced REUBEN M. TRUE. 5 3. In a bolting-chesb, the combination of the Vitnesses:

bolting-chest, the conveyor-box extending be- JNO. W. STREHLI,

yond the bowing-chest, and the driving-shaft O. M. HILL. 

